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Ashoka Fellow Since Mar 2008

Brazil

Instituto Floresta Viva

Tourism is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it brings people and business to economically starved regions, creating jobs and wealth. On the other, much of that wealth is concentrated in the hands of business owners and comes at the expense of severe environmental and cultural degradation.

Ashoka Fellow Since Dec 1998

Brazil

Projeto Saúde e Alegria

Tiberio Alloggio is turning community-based ecotourism&#150;an ideal medium for the preservation of indigenous culture and the conservation natural resources&#150;into an effective economic solution for the river populations of the Amazon region.

Ashoka Fellow Since Aug 2006

In many wildlife-protected areas in Uganda, communities and wildlife are sharing habitats, living closer and interdependent lives than ever before. Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is linking Uganda's wildlife management and rural public health programs to create common resources that benefit both people and animals.